PhD Arts Management and Cultural Policy

You will be part of a growing doctoral research environment and will study alongside students from Northern Ireland and abroad. We supervise students undertaking research in:

•The design and delivery of cultural policy and the interpretation of these processes by arts managers and
policy makers
•The attachment of social policy areas to cultural policy
•The social processes of cultural production within institutional settings
•Access, participation and audience development in the arts
•Issues of equality and diversity
•Internationalisation and transnational exchange
•Reception of art and culture
•Institutional, historical and social frameworks for the making and displaying of art and heritage
•Impact of arts and cultural work

We are also interested in projects developed through interdisciplinary approaches and supervision teams:

•The management and governance of cultural sectors and institutions
•Sustainability and relevance of business models for arts management
•Evolving theories of cultural economy and cultural ecology
•The impact of new technologies on arts and cultural industries management and cultural policymaking